Matt Casebolt will be in charge of "Closures and Mechanisms."

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Tesla has been on quite the talent search of late. Last year it hired Peter Hochholdinger from Audi to oversee Model 3 production. It also hired Anders Bell—previously of Volvo—to take charge of designing interiors. On Tuesday, we learned that Apple programmer Chris Lattner had left the company Elon Musk once described as the "Tesla Graveyard" to become VP for Autopilot. Well, it turns out he's not the only longtime Apple man to ride whatever it is you'd call the Silicon Valley equivalent of Charon's boat.

Seth Weintraub at 9to5mac has revealed that the electric vehicle maker has also obtained the services of Matt Casebolt, who will assume the role of Senior Director Engineering, Closures and Mechanisms. These are areas where Tesla has previously encountered difficulties; early Model Xs had to have a faulty seat hinge replaced, and the production of the SUV's Falcon Wing doors proved to be quite a headache.

In fact, as Weintraub describes, there's quite the Apple diaspora over at Tesla these days, in part thanks to the former drastically scaling back its own automotive ambitions. While we expect it will take a little time to see the results of Tesla's recruitment strategy, it certainly seems to be looking for talent in encouraging places. The past few years have proven it knows how to engineer the best EV powertrain in the business, and it's not too shabby when it comes to advanced driver assists. If it can achieve those levels of competency in some of the other demands of designing and building cars, its future should be very bright indeed.

I wonder what security measures Tesla takes to keep their Apple hires away from the battery packs? If you are trying to overcome the stigma of being a short-range vehicle that seems like it would be an important precaution.

If they are now Tesla employees, why would that matter?

And what stigma about what short-range vehicle? Can you please expand - I'm not getting the reference.

I always find it peculiar when self-professed nationalists and Trump-enthusiasts go ape-shit about the lack of American manufacturing, but then want to see Tesla fail.... you know, one of the few American start-ups that actually manufactures in the US.

I wonder what security measures Tesla takes to keep their Apple hires away from the battery packs? If you are trying to overcome the stigma of being a short-range vehicle that seems like it would be an important precaution.

If they are now Tesla employees, why would that matter?

And what stigma about what short-range vehicle? Can you please expand - I'm not getting the reference.

Electric cars have a reputation for being short range, that they've been working to shed for some time now.

And Apple people can't resist the urge to make something thinner at almost any cost, so you'd want to keep them away from your battery packs if you are trying to improve range.

I wonder what security measures Tesla takes to keep their Apple hires away from the battery packs? If you are trying to overcome the stigma of being a short-range vehicle that seems like it would be an important precaution.

Just watch out if they hire whoever was responsible for the battery lump case.

Interesting, I had assumed that there's a big enough difference between the two industries such that existing expertise and experience in one industry would have limited applicability in the other. I mean, I imagine engineering a device for carrying people around would be in a whole other realm than designing a device that people carry around.

Interesting, I had assumed that there's a big enough difference between the two industries such that existing expertise and experience in one industry would have limited applicability in the other. I mean, I imagine engineering a device for carrying people around would be in a whole other realm than designing a device that people carry around.

Why so? The principles of fasteners, clamps, locks, hinges, levers, etc. doesn't change just because you scaled it up 10x.If you want buttons that pop out by themselves, or to re-engineer fancy door handles that no one else uses, etc then you don't just need a good engineer, but you want one who is inventive and has a good imagination to do these things in ways that haven't been done before.Tesla's door handles and the Falcon doors indicate the Musk value inventiveness, innovation, and some amount of novelty - that's hard to do when you've been an automobile door engineer for GM your whole life.

Closure commodity development of particular focus include door handles, power litigate systems, dynamic sealing, and closures hardware including the integration of these commodities into the vehicle architecture

Not sure what "power litigate systems" are, I'm guessing you have to need a law degree to understand.

Say goodbye to wireless charging and hello to a universal port that with the right adapter allows charging and windshield washer fluid filling. Also it will be 17% smaller than the last model for no reason at all.

Closure commodity development of particular focus include door handles, power litigate systems, dynamic sealing, and closures hardware including the integration of these commodities into the vehicle architecture

Not sure what "power litigate systems" are, I'm guessing you have to need a law degree to understand.

"Power litigating systems" sound scary.Here's a example of dynamic sealing - that doesn't look too bad. Does this imply that they are developing a flying car?

Jim Keller, behind AMDs K7-8 era and Apples A4 and A5, gone, Chris Lattner, creator of Swift, gone, and now this, these are really top talent guys, it's a wonder Apple didn't offer them some crazy deals to retain them instead of bleed talent. Or maybe they did and the decisions were more emotional, wanting to feel on the verge of something bigger for instance.